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WILBUR WORDEN, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT..

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` Beit known that I, WILBUR R.. WORDEN, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven, and State of Clonnecticutl, have inventcda new Improvementin Sprinklers; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in 'connection with the accompanying drawingsran-dthe letters of reference marked thereon, to he a full,'.clear,

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and exact description of the saine, and vwhihfsaid drawings constitute lpart of this specification, and represent, irl- 4 t 4 1 Figure 1, a viewgfrom oneside, the perforationselosed. Figure 2,'the same riew,"the perforationsopen.

Figure 3, the reverselside,'the perforations closed; and, in y l Figure 4, the same,- with theperforatiogns opcn.` This invention relates to an improvement inV or attachment to boxes or bottles, `such as are commonly used for sprinklingvsalt, pepper, and like substances, the-object being to prevent the clogging in the bottle; and

The invention consists in a plate perforated radially, and having attached thereto a plate with radial arms, the said arms 'corresponding to theperforations in the first plates and an attachment to the said arms, so that they may be moved from and so as to' open4 the perforation's, and by the reaction of a spring return to cover j In order to the clear `unde'rstanding of my saidinventinLI will fully describe the same'as illustrated in the accompanying drawings. l v

is a plate of metal, o r similar material, perforated radially, as seen in figs. 2, 3, and4. Lying close down uponthe plate A, and pivoted centrally thereon, is a plate, B, with arms, 6, corresponding to and so as to cover the said perforationshas seen in fig. 1,' The plate A is surrounded by a rinror band, C, the said band beingdformed so as toobe attached to thebottle or box containing pepper, salt, or whatever it may be, and

through the said rimgC, rods D, more or less in numher,extend, andare pivoted to the ,plate B, or to a plate, d,

upon the opposite side', as `seen in figs. 3 and Eccentric to the Vsaid'plate B, so that by pressing upon one or more of the said rods the arinsof the plate B aretu'rned from over the perforations, as seen in figs. 2 and 4,

andin connection With.the said plate B, is arranged anspringfa, which, when the-pressure upon the rods is removed, returns the arm so as to cover the perforations, as seenin fig. 1. o

To use this improvement, support the box over the place where the contents are to be deposited, with this apparatus downward and the Acontents above it, then press the rods D so as to turn the arms from the perforations, and allow thein`topreturn,`and so continue to 'remove and return the arms over the perforations until the requisite-quantity of material in thebottle or box. has been deposited. The'continued movement or vibration of 4the arms servesto agitatethe contents suiiicicntly topi-event the clogging of. thesame.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters l Patent, is-

The arrangement of the plate B- with its arms, pupon the plate A', with its perforations corresponding tov the said arms, and combined with one or more operating-rods, D, and return spring a, the whole to operate in the manner substantially as set forth` l WILBURv R. WORDEN,A- 

